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Any heart turned Godward feels more joyIn one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raisedBy all the feasts of earth since its foundation.
Philip James Bailey
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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows.
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